Sewing-tool



(No Model.) I

(1K. BRADFORD.

' SEWING 13001. I

Patented May 15, 188-8.- .v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. BRADFORD, OF. LYNNFIELD, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE H. P. FLAGG AND GEORGE A. FULLERTON, BOTH OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEWING-TOOL.

- sPncIRIoArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,750, dated May 15,1888.

V Application filed June 7, 1886. Serial No. 204,335. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. BRADFORD, of Lynnfield, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Tool, of which the following is a speci-' fication, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. tion on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

My invention is a tool made up of a needle and a clamp, which is adapted to hold fast the thread used with the needle when the thread is pulled-say after a stitch is made.

In the drawings I have shown my invention I embodied in the best way known to me, 'anda' represents a needle Whose handle or stock is grooved to receive the lever d. The lever serves as aclamp for the thread f, which renders under it, preferably through the bore b" in the handle I). When the workman wishes to draw his thread tautsay to tighten his stitch--he depresses the lever, so that the thread is securely and conveniently held fast while he pulls on the thread. When the lever is not pressed down, the thread renders freely under it. I have found the leader d on the end of the lever'd convenient, though it is by no means essential.

2 a sec-' When my new tool has its needle curved, as shown, it is exceedingly useful in lasting boots 0 and shoes in the manner described by me in my pending application, Serial No. 202,752,

patented January 24, 1888, No. 376,939; but

my new tool will be found advantageous in'doingother kinds of work, as will be clear without particular description.

Of course the needle maybe either curved or straight, as the nature of the work requires.

I am aware of Andersons patent, No. 245,928, dated August 23, 188i; Weeds pat- 4o ent,No. 299,306,dated May 27, 1884, and Shayler and Pearson s patent, No- 341,511, dated May 11, 1886, and disclaim all that is shown in them. I

What I claim as my invention is- The improved tool herein described, made up of a needle, (1, its handle 12, having a longitudinal thread-passage, b, and the clamp d, the clamp being pivoted at its end nearest the butt:

of the handle to shut into the thread-passage 5c and clamp the thread therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. K. BRADFORD.

Witnesses:

EDWARD S. BEACH, JOHN It. Snow. 

